Open AccessA comparison of two techniques: Open and percutaneous biopsies of thoracolumbar vertebral body lesions
Author(s) -
Furkan Yapıcı,
Yunus Atıcı,
Mehmet Bülent Balioğlu,
Akif Albayrak,
Deniz Kargın,
Yunus Emre Akman,
Sinan Erdoğan,
Mehmet Akif Kaygusuz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8237.151592
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , open biopsy , lumbar , percutaneous , radiology , radiological weapon , pathological , lumbar vertebrae , percutaneous biopsy , pathology
The purpose of this article is to compare the similarity of initial radiological diagnosis and pathological diagnosis between thoracal and lumbar vertebral bodies and the adequacy and the reliability of open and percutaneous biopsies performed via transpedicular approach in the lesions located in vertebral bodies.